Parents · PTAs · community groups
Helping Kids Navigate Change, Build Confidence and Thrive
Help families navigate school changes, family shifts, and uncertainty. Available in preschool and K–6 versions.
Speaking · Workshops · Professional development
Helping people navigate change with clarity, confidence, and resilience.
Leina Lunghi, MS, LPC, brings clinical expertise, relatable stories, and practical tools to conversations about transitions, childhood anxiety, confidence, and family well-being.
Signature talks
Thoughtful, practical sessions for the transitions people actually face.
Parents · caregivers · educators
Self-Esteem Biscuits & Other Tools for Big Feelings
Memorable tools to build confidence, interrupt worry, and practice brave next steps.
Clinicians · educators
From Alarm to Agency
CBT-informed, trauma-informed tools for childhood anxiety during periods of change.
School counselors · mental health teams
Frequent Fliers
Build skills beyond the counselor’s office: coping, confidence, and a supported return to class.
Formats & starting fees
A format that fits your event.
Fees include planning, tailored preparation, and a take-home resource. PTA and nonprofit parent-talk rate is available on request. Virtual rates are generally 15–25% below in-person and quoted individually; travel and custom programs are quoted separately.
60 minutes · including Q&A
Parent / community talk
$1,000
90 minutes · including Q&A
Professional development
$2,000
45–60 minutes
Conference / event keynote
$2,500
3 hours · including breaks
Half-day workshop
$3,500
Tailored full-day program
Full-day training
$5,000
50-minute classroom session + 1 hour prep
Classroom session
$420
Clinical peer training / continuing education options are custom quoted above $2,000. Continuing education credit is subject to event-specific approval.
About Leina
Clinical expertise, with a human voice.
Leina Lunghi, MS, LPC, is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Virginia and Georgia and Founder and Clinical Director of Lunghi Counseling Group in McLean, Virginia. She has worked in counseling since 2012 and brings experience across private practice, school-based mental health, adoption support, family transitions, and community education.
A grounded perspective
A former school counselor and U.S. Navy veteran, Leina also draws on her experiences as an adoptee and a mother of two middle schoolers. Her style is warm, practical, strengths-based, and attentive to the many feelings change can hold.
Selected speaking & writing
Conference presenter for ACA and VSCA, school and community speaker, and published author in the Virginia Mental Health Counselors Association newsletter (July 2026).
Read Leina’s publication announcement ↗Let’s plan something meaningful
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